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|hobby = Abusing and killing black children | |hobby = Abusing and killing black children | ||
|goals = Profit from the slave trade | |goals = Profit from the slave trade | ||
|crimes = | |crimes = Slavery<br>[[Murder]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Child abuse]] | ||
|type of villain = Greedy Slaver}} | |type of villain = Greedy Slaver}} | ||
'''Lucretia Patricia Hanly''', better known by her alias '''Patty Cannon''', (1760s - 11 May 1829) was an illegal | '''Lucretia Patricia Hanly''', better known by her alias '''Patty Cannon''', (1760s - 11 May 1829) was an illegal slave trader and co-leader of the [[Cannon-Johnson Gang]]. She and her gang operated along the [[Reverse Underground Railroad]], a network through which escaped slaves and free blacks were abducted, trafficked and sold into slavery. Cannon was credited with around 24 murders and is considered one of the first female serial killers in the United States (although [[Lavinia Fisher]] may have predated her). | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Cannon's date of birth is unknown; various accounts have her born in 1759, 1760 or 1769. She may have been named Lucretia P. Hanly. She had two daughters by her husband Jesse Cannon before his death, reputedly from poison. One of her daughters married blacksmith Henry Brereton, and the other married tavern owner [[Joe Johnson]], who became Cannon's most infamous partner in crime. | Cannon's date of birth is unknown; various accounts have her born in 1759, 1760 or 1769. She may have been named Lucretia P. Hanly. She had two daughters by her husband Jesse Cannon before his death, reputedly from poison. One of her daughters married blacksmith Henry Brereton, and the other married tavern owner [[Joe Johnson]], who became Cannon's most infamous partner in crime. | ||
Johnson and Brereton were both involved in the illegal slave trade, kidnapping free blacks and selling them as slaves. Brereton was eventually convicted of kidnapping for his role in this business in 1911 and imprisoned. Escaping from prison, he met up with Cannon and another associate, | Johnson and Brereton were both involved in the illegal slave trade, kidnapping free blacks and selling them as slaves. Brereton was eventually convicted of kidnapping for his role in this business in 1911 and imprisoned. Escaping from prison, he met up with Cannon and another associate, Joseph Griffith, and the three conspired to rob a rival slave trader named Ridgell at Cannon's bar. Cannon got Ridgell drunk before Brereton and Griffith ambushed him. In the ensuing fight, Ridgell was shot dead. Brereton and Griffith were captured and hanged in 1813, but Cannon escaped prosecution. | ||
After Brereton's execution, Cannon and Johnson formed the Cannon-Johnson slave gang. The gang would trawl local waterfronts looking for victims, luring blacks they came across onto their boat with offers of money, alcohol or work before selling them as slaves. They would also use other tactics, such as simply grabbing free blacks off the street, hunting down fugitive slaves or abducting slaves from nearby plantations. They would keep captured slaves chained up in the tavern's basement and attic, and in secret rooms built for this specific purpose. Once they had enough slaves, they would march them to slave states on a chain gang and sell them at slave markets. According to victims who were able to gain their freedom, Cannon would urge Johnson on as he whipped captives, saying it "did her good to see him beat the boys". Local authorities were reluctant to take action due to the gang's reputation for violence, and the gang were able to escape across state lines whenever they were close to being definitively linked to the slave trade. They have been credited with abducting and enslaving over 3000 blacks and murdering around 30 people. | After Brereton's execution, Cannon and Johnson formed the Cannon-Johnson slave gang. The gang would trawl local waterfronts looking for victims, luring blacks they came across onto their boat with offers of money, alcohol or work before selling them as slaves. They would also use other tactics, such as simply grabbing free blacks off the street, hunting down fugitive slaves or abducting slaves from nearby plantations. They would keep captured slaves chained up in the tavern's basement and attic, and in secret rooms built for this specific purpose. Once they had enough slaves, they would march them to slave states on a chain gang and sell them at slave markets. According to victims who were able to gain their freedom, Cannon would urge Johnson on as he whipped captives, saying it "did her good to see him beat the boys". Local authorities were reluctant to take action due to the gang's reputation for violence, and the gang were able to escape across state lines whenever they were close to being definitively linked to the slave trade. They have been credited with abducting and enslaving over 3000 blacks and murdering around 30 people. |